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Biden frets over ‘billionaires’ owning newspapers, making sweeping changes

President Biden, nearing the end of his term, lamented in an interview posted Thursday that the media landscape has changed dramatically, and particularly blamed “billionaires” who have bought up major newspapers. when asked MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas If there's no positive news about the Biden economy in the media and there's too much focus on […]

Far fewer newspapers are endorsing Harris than backed Clinton or Biden

U.S. newspaper support for Democratic presidential candidates has fallen by more than 60% this year since 2016, when Vice President Kamala Harris became the party's front-runner, according to rough estimates from Fox News Digital. In 2016, more than 240 newspapers endorsed Hillary Clinton, but only 20 endorsed Trump. In 2020, 14 newspapers supported Mr. Trump […]

Cartel Gunmen Attack Newspaper’s Office in Mexico

Gunmen fired at least a dozen shots at the building of a major newspaper in Mexico's Sinaloa state. The attack comes as Sinaloa is the center of a fierce turf war between rival cartel factions. The Mexican government has largely avoided interfering, despite sending hundreds of soldiers to the region. The attack occurred Thursday night […]

Buffy Wicks defends ‘disastrous’ $250M Google deal with newspapers

The California Democrat, who brokered a funding deal for local newsrooms with Google, defended the controversial partnership, arguing it was the best he could come up with during tough negotiations with the powerful search giant. Rep. Buffy Wicks led the negotiations for the roughly $250 million truce, but critics say it allows Google and other […]

Newspapers sue OpenAI for copyright infringement over AI training

AI expert Marva Baylor explains the issues in Sarah Silverman and others’ lawsuit against OpenAI A group of newspapers, including the New York Daily News and Chicago Tribune, sued Microsoft and OpenAI in New York federal court on Tuesday, accusing them of misusing reporters’ work to train their generative artificial intelligence systems. The eight newspapers […]

Newspapers sue OpenAI, Microsoft for copyright infringement

The New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, Mercury News, Denver Post, Orange County Register, and St. Paul Pioneer Press each say they will “promote commercialization.” It claims to have used “millions” of articles without permission in order to do so.Generate AI products like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft co-pilot. “Microsoft and OpenAI […]